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Past Beirut Event: VOL 21

VOL 21

December 10, 2014

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Dar bistro & books

So the year is coming to an end, but here’s one more occasion to get together around drinks and inspiring stories! For the 21st PechaKucha Night in Beirut, we have gathered presenters from multiple fields – and countries! So join us at Dar bistro & books for the last session of the year.

Hala Tawil talks about the Arab Image Foundation, dedicated to the collection, preservation and study of photography from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab Diaspora. The tale of a foundation that acts as an open resource for research, scholarly, artistic and curatorial initiatives, engaging in the study and critical inquiry of photographic and archival practices. Inspiring!

“Our specialty is our ability to offer customized products to discerning clients using both traditional and modern craftsmanship techniques” says Jean-Marc Rif about Boisseliers du Rif, a business his family has been running since 1913! This third generation wood works and furniture manufacturer tells us about the benefits of specializing in skilled manual labor…Let’s (re)discover the art of craftsmanship in the 21st century!

Psychology student Selma Zaki describes Lezem as being part of her: "LEZEM is my way of giving back to Lebanon & it is where I channel my hope for this country". Maya Ayache tells us all about this beautiful journey...

"I was driven by this insane inner urge to do something...the only way to deal with it was to abandon myself."

Based in Paris since 2012, Lebanese-Canadian pianist & composer Jad Salameh shares with us the story of his life-long affair with creativity. In 'It Comes in Whispers', from PechaKucha Night Beirut, Vol. 21. he goes through his composition process and how he came to understand the relationship between his own mind and the music he writes.Little whispers, great ideas!

This was "Presentation of the Day" on March 30, 2015. It was featured again on November 16th, 2015 in a show of solidarity with the cities of Paris and Beirut who, over the weekend, both experienced harrowing tragedies.